Senior Python Developer Job Trends

Senior Python Developer
UK

The median Senior Python Developer salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 597 797
Rank change year-on-year -31 +200 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 91 48 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.11% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.13% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 63 29 72
10th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £69,250 £64,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -8.82% +9.68%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £85,500 £138,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 81,853 37,403 89,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 89.35% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 52,380 23,534 66,447
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -35 83 £80,000 +3.23% 20
London +7 56 £85,000 +9.68% 14
UK excluding London -46 30 £70,000 +7.69% 9
Work from Home -3 24 £80,000 +23.08% 15
North of England - 12 £70,000 - 3
Yorkshire - 11 £70,000 -
Midlands -29 10 £70,000 +7.69%
East Midlands -54 6 £70,000 +7.69%
Scotland - 4 £90,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £75,000 -
South East -37 3 £85,000 +36.00% 2
East of England -40 1 - - 2
North West - 1 £90,000 - 1

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2026, Senior Python Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 91 (100.00%) Python
2 31 (34.07%) AWS
3 30 (32.97%) AI
4 28 (30.77%) Test Automation
5 23 (25.27%) OOP
6 20 (21.98%) OO
7 19 (20.88%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 19 (20.88%) C++
7 19 (20.88%) Full-Stack Development
7 19 (20.88%) Linux
7 19 (20.88%) Low Latency
7 19 (20.88%) Order Management
8 17 (18.68%) Flask
8 17 (18.68%) React
8 17 (18.68%) Software Engineering
9 15 (16.48%) Agile
9 15 (16.48%) Azure
10 14 (15.38%) CI/CD
11 12 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (12.09%) Django
12 11 (12.09%) JavaScript
13 10 (10.99%) Microsoft
13 10 (10.99%) Product Vision
13 10 (10.99%) Resource Allocation
13 10 (10.99%) SaaS
13 10 (10.99%) SDLC
14 9 (9.89%) Intelligent Automation
14 9 (9.89%) Serverless
15 8 (8.79%) Azure AI
15 8 (8.79%) GitHub

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.20%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.10%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 31 (34.07%) AWS
2 15 (16.48%) Azure
3 10 (10.99%) SaaS
4 9 (9.89%) Serverless
5 8 (8.79%) Azure AI
5 8 (8.79%) GitHub
6 6 (6.59%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (3.30%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (3.30%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.20%) AWS Fargate
8 2 (2.20%) Azure AKS
8 2 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.20%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (1.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.10%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 1 (1.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.10%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.20%) Broadband
1 2 (2.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) MongoDB
1 2 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.10%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (2.20%) GitLab
1 2 (2.20%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.20%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (1.10%) Git
2 1 (1.10%) MLflow
General
1 23 (25.27%) Finance
2 19 (20.88%) Front Office
3 6 (6.59%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.49%) Social Skills
5 3 (3.30%) Health Technology
5 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.20%) Games
7 1 (1.10%) Publishing
7 1 (1.10%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (20.88%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 17 (18.68%) Flask
2 17 (18.68%) React
3 11 (12.09%) Django
4 7 (7.69%) FastAPI
5 6 (6.59%) REST
5 6 (6.59%) Vue
6 5 (5.49%) HTML
7 4 (4.40%) AngularJS
8 3 (3.30%) CSS
8 3 (3.30%) Node.js
9 2 (2.20%) OAuth
9 2 (2.20%) OAuth2
9 2 (2.20%) RESTful
10 1 (1.10%) NumPy
10 1 (1.10%) OpenCV
10 1 (1.10%) OpenID
10 1 (1.10%) Pandas
10 1 (1.10%) SQLAlchemy
10 1 (1.10%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.08%) Algorithms
2 20 (21.98%) Data Structures
3 19 (20.88%) Cloud Native
3 19 (20.88%) Equities
3 19 (20.88%) Hedge funds
3 19 (20.88%) Management Information System
4 15 (16.48%) Educational Technology
5 10 (10.99%) PropTech
6 4 (4.40%) NHS
7 2 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.20%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.20%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.20%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (1.10%) PKI
8 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (20.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (32.97%) AI
2 28 (30.77%) Test Automation
3 23 (25.27%) OOP
4 20 (21.98%) OO
5 19 (20.88%) Full-Stack Development
5 19 (20.88%) Low Latency
5 19 (20.88%) Order Management
6 17 (18.68%) Software Engineering
7 15 (16.48%) Agile
8 14 (15.38%) CI/CD
9 12 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (10.99%) Product Vision
10 10 (10.99%) Resource Allocation
10 10 (10.99%) SDLC
11 9 (9.89%) Intelligent Automation
12 7 (7.69%) Mentoring
13 6 (6.59%) Containerisation
13 6 (6.59%) Event-Driven
13 6 (6.59%) Problem-Solving
14 5 (5.49%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 91 (100.00%) Python
2 19 (20.88%) C++
3 11 (12.09%) JavaScript
4 7 (7.69%) SQL
5 2 (2.20%) Go
6 1 (1.10%) C#
6 1 (1.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (1.10%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.10%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.30%) QA
2 1 (1.10%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.40%) Kubernetes
1 4 (4.40%) Terraform
2 1 (1.10%) Grafana
Vendors
1 10 (10.99%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.20%) Foundry
3 1 (1.10%) Databricks